From apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za Mon Jun 12 15:06:19 2017 From: apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za (Friends and Alumni of the School of AP&ES) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:06:19 +0000 Subject: [APES Friends] School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences Alumni Event - 3rd August 2017 Message-ID: To whom it may concern Every year The School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences of the University of the Witwatersrand hosts two alumni events which showcase recent developments in biology. The title of the presentation for our next event is "Research and Conservation of large Carnivores in South Africa" by Dr Gus Mills. Date: 3 August 2017 Time: 18h00 for 18h30 Venue: Oppenheimer Life Sciences Building (OLS 4) Presenter: Dr Gus Mills Gus Mills spent 40 years conducting research on African large carnivores with SANParks in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier and Kruger National Parks. His initial work was on brown hyaenas and spotted hyaenas in the Southern Kalahari culminating in the publication of his book in 1990 "Kalahari hyaenas: the comparative behavioural ecology of two species." He studied lion and cheetah feeding ecology, ecological relationships between the large carnivores, and wild dog population ecology in Kruger National Park, before returning to the Kalahari in 2006 to undertake a six-year study on the cheetah, under the auspices of the Lewis Foundation, the results of which have recently been published in a book "Kalahari cheetahs: adaptations to an arid region". He has supervised a number of PhD and MSc theses on aspects of lion, cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena, honey badger and African wild cat behaviour and ecology in different areas of Southern Africa. He was the founder of the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Carnivore Conservation Group. He has written six books and authored or co-authored over 150 scientific papers, as well as delivered over 80 talks at conferences and symposia worldwide. He is a senior member of several IUCN Carnivore Specialist Groups. He has served as a member on several boards of conservation organizations and scientific journals, including African Journal of Wildlife Research, and consulted widely on carnivore conservation issues in Africa and Asia. He and his wife Margie have now retired and are living outside Nelspruit. Topic: "Research and Conservation of large Carnivores in South Africa" Cost: R50 (finger foods and drinks provided) RSVP: Tammy - Tamelyne.vantonder at wits.ac.za or 011 7176403 (Please RSVP by Monday 17th July 2017 to secure your place.) The School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand. Studies in the school focus at the level of living organisms and their interaction with the environment. Areas of specialisation include savannas, grasslands and aquatic biology, with an emphasis on biodiversity, sustainable resources and range limitation. The Alumni event presents a unique opportunity to interact with academic staff of the school. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. More information to follow closer to the time Kind Regards Mrs Tammy Van Tonder Senior Administrator: Operations School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (011) 717 6403 0731426433 How is our service ? If you wish to comment on our service or offer suggestions on service issues, please click on http://www.wits.ac.za/askwits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: